Glorious Quotes

“In 1922 everything changed again. The Eskimo pie was invented; James Joyce's Ulysses was printed in Paris; snow fell on Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Babe Ruth signed a three-year contract with the New York Yankees; Eugene O'Neill was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Frederick Douglass's home was dedicated as a national shrine; former heavyweight champion of the world Jack Johnson invented the wrench...”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“Writing kept her sane. Kept her form spinning out of control. Kept her tongue still whenever some white person spoke down to her. She had to write, it was the only thing that was completely hers, that she could look forward to at the end of her long day.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“I write to breath life back into memory to remind African-Americans of our rich and textured history. I also see myself as a "root," and for me the "fierce winds" include the marginalization-the downright segregation-of literature written by people of color.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“she'd seen people stand on the shoulders of hate and pluck money and power from the very top shelves of the universe.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“she would watch with glee as Rain was relegated to standing in her shoes; Easter hoped to God they pinched.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“we ace boon coons forever.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“Over time her inhibitions took shelter in the corner of the room and Easter allowed the music to swallow her,”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“The people in his Harlem did not speak, they sang their way through conversations and disagreements,”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious

“she swung like a pendulum, ticking away the seconds until she would be dead.”
― Bernice L. McFadden, Glorious